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US 12,457,074 · App. 17/935,015 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Method and apparatus to support UE CSI report of time domain channel properties

Inventors: Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Ismael Gutierrez Gonzalez (San Jose, CA); David Neumann (Bavaria-Bayern, DE); Anchit Malhotra (Cupertino, CA); Ghaith N Hattab (Cupertino, CA); Louay Jalloul (Cupertino, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
H04L5/0051H04B7/0626H04L5/006H04L5/14H04W24/10H04W52/0216
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Patent No.
US 12,457,074
App. No.
17/935,015
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for to support user equipment (UE) channel state information (CSI) report of time domain channel properties. Embodiments herein consider Uplink Control Information (UCI) multiplexing, UCI omission, Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) configuration, and phase continuity handling. A channel state information report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig) may comprise details regarding measurement and reporting of time domain channel properties (TDCP) based on channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) for tracking reference signal (TRS).

Claims (42)

1 . A method for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a network node, a channel state information (CSI) report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig), the CSI-ReportConfig comprising details regarding measurement and reporting of time domain channel properties (TDCP) based on a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) for tracking reference signal (TRS);

decoding the CSI-ReportConfig and configuring, based on the CSI-ReportConfig, to measure the TDCP based on the CSI-RS for the TRS;

receiving the CSI-RS from the network node,

measuring the TDCP based on the CSI-RS; and

reporting, to the network node, the TDCP based on the CSI-RS via a CSI report, wherein for Uplink Control Information (UCI) omission purposes the TDCP based on the CSI-RS has a lower priority than Layer 1 (L1)-Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP), L1-Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (L1-SINR).

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured to report the TDCP separate from other report quantity.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured to report the TDCP simultaneously with other report quantity.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the other report quantity includes one or more of Layer 1 (L1)-Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP), capability index, L1-Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (L1-SINR), Channel Quality Indicator (CQI).

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the network node configures whether the UE is to report the other report quantity simultaneously via Radio Resource Control (RRC) or Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC-CE).

6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the network node indicates whether the UE is to report the other quantity simultaneously via Downlink Control Information (DCI).

7 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining that the TDCP and the other report quantity will exceed a payload size of the CSI report and omitting the TDCP or the other report quantity according to a defined priority.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reporting to the network node a capability of the UE to support TDCP CSI reporting of the CSI measured during the time when drx-onDurationTimer in DRX-Config is not started; and

receiving a configuration from the network node to report the TDCP measured when the drx-onDurationTimer in DRX-Config is not started.

9 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the UE to:

receive, from a network node, a channel state information (CSI) report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig), the CSI-ReportConfig comprising details regarding measurement and reporting of time domain channel properties (TDCP) based on a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) for tracking reference signal (TRS);

decode the CSI-ReportConfig and configure, based on the CSI-ReportConfig, to measure the TDCP based on the CSI-RS for the TRS;

receive the CSI-RS from the network node,

measure the TDCP based on the CSI-RS; and

report, to the network node, the TDCP based on the CSI-RS via a CSI report, wherein for Uplink Control Information (UCI) omission purposes the TDCP based on the CSI-RS has a lower priority than Layer 1 (L1)-Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP), L1-Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (L1-SINR).

10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further configure the UE to report the TDCP separate from other report quantity.

11 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further configure the UE to report the TDCP simultaneously with other report quantity.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the other report quantity includes one or more of Layer 1 (L1)-Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP), capability index, L1-Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (L1-SINR), Channel Quality Indicator (CQI).

13 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further configure the UE to:

report to the network node a capability of the UE to support TDCP CSI reporting of the CSI measured during the time when drx-onDurationTimer in DRX-Config is not started; and

receive a configuration from the network node to report the TDCP measured when the drx-onDuration Timer in DRX-Config is not started.

14 . A method for a network node, the method comprising:

encoding a channel state information (CSI) report configuration (CSI-ReportConfig), the CSI-ReportConfig comprising details regarding measurement and reporting of time domain channel properties (TDCP) based on a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) for tracking reference signal (TRS);

sending, to a user equipment (UE), the CSI-ReportConfig to configure the UE to measure the TDCP based on the CSI-RS for the TRS;

sending the CSI-RS to the UE; and

receiving, from the UE, the TDCP based on the CSI-RS via a CSI report, wherein for Uplink Control Information (UCI) omission purposes the TDCP based on the CSI-RS has a lower priority than Layer 1 (L1)-Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP), L1-Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (L1-SINR).

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the network node configures the UE to report the TDCP separate from other report quantity.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the network node configures the UE to report the TDCP simultaneously with other report quantity.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the other report quantity includes one or more of Layer 1 (L1)-Reference Signal Received Power (L1-RSRP), capability index, L1-Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (L1-SINR), Channel Quality Indicator (CQI).

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the network node configures whether the UE is to report the other report quantity simultaneously via Radio Resource Control (RRC) or Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC-CE).

19 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the network node indicates whether the UE is to report the other quantity simultaneously via Downlink Control Information (DCI).

20 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, from the UE, a report of the UE to support TDCP CSI reporting of the CSI measured during the time when drx-onDurationTimer in DRX-Config is not started; and

configuring the UE to report the TDCP measured when the drx-onDurationTimer in DRX-Config is not started.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2022
From: SUN, HAITONG; GUTIERREZ GONZALEZ, ISMAEL; NEUMANN, DAVID; MALHOTRA, ANCHIT; HATTAB, GHAITH N; JALLOUL, LOUAY; ZHANG, DAWEI; YANG, WEIDONG; ZENG, WEI
To: APPLE INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63370945 · Aug 10, 2022
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